Bonneva June Stroud, aged 101, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2026, at Aviston Countryside Manor.
Bonnie was born a coal miner’s daughter on April 15, 1925, in Bush, Illinois, the middle child of eleven, born to Gladys Belle (Payne) and Roy Herbert Orrison.
The family moved to Centralia, where Bonnie attended Franklin School and Central City School. She graduated from Centralia Township High School in 1943. After graduation, Bonnie moved to Mishawaka, Indiana, where she worked at Ball Band, making fuel cells for airplanes during WWII. There, she played for the Ball Band girls baseball team. In 1944, Bonnie traveled to Chicago’s Wrigley Field to try out for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She could hit and throw like a champ but ran like a turtle. She did not get selected.
Bonnie soon started nurses training, but could not handle the smells, and that ended. She then took kitchen jobs at Memorial Hospital in South Bend, and at Healthwin TB Hospital in Mishawaka. It was there that she met a painting contractor named Chester Stroud. Bonnie and Chet were married November 19, 1951. After the birth of their first daughter, Tina, they moved to Hudson Lake, Indiana, and welcomed two more daughters, Gina and Paula. The family moved to Kell, Illinois upon Chet’s retirement, and then to Salem.
Bonnie worked for Bettendorf-Stanford until her retirement in 1990. After taking computer classes, she began working at Selmaville Grade School. She moved to Wisconsin for a few years, and then back to Illinois, first to Germantown, then to Aviston.
Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 1986; siblings, James and Dorothy in infancy, Muriel Atchison, Herbert Orrison, Verla Darginis, Jean Nichols, Bob Orrison, Jerry Orrison, JoAnn Sargent, Patsy Orrison; great-grandson, Clemens Dust; and three step-children, Jim, Judy, and Sandy; and one step-grandson.
Bonnie is survived by daughters, Tina (Jeff) Rubin of Wilsonville, Oregon, Gina (Marvin) Patton of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, and Paula (David) Hagen of Aviston; five grandchildren, Todd (Becky) Patton of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, Brooke (Brad) Kaney of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, Erin (Cory) Dust of Greenville, Illinois, Dana (John) Colby of Peru, Illinois, and Zachary (Crystal) Hagen of Breese; twelve great-grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; and several step-great-grandchildren.
Services for Bonnie will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, November 14, 2026, at the Irvin Macz Funeral Home in Centralia. Relatives and friends are welcome to a visitation time to offer condolences to Bonnie’s family from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the service on Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made in Bonnie’s honor to Restore Network.
Bonnie was a proud member of Prairie State Chapter of DAR, and Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion. She was of the Christian faith, and an avid St. Louis Cardinal’s fan.
